www.watchknow.com (educational videos shared via Michelle Bourgeois, SVVSD instructional technology)
www.21things.weebly.com (21 things educators should know and use in the 21st century) www.Recipes4success.com(click on tools –on left- then rubric maker; EASY and very user-friendly rubric maker!) www.pbworks.com (wiki creator) www.wikispaces.com(wiki creator) www.pypthreads.ning.com (awesome resource –social networking group—for PYP schools/educators) www.learn.org www.animoto.com (free, photo story) www.xtranormal.com (character animation, great for teaching dialogue) www.worldbookonline.com www.countryreports.org (best for 5th/6th grade, $50/year subscription) www.culturegrams.com (great for teaching from a global perspective) www.Voki.com (avatar, can post as a website) www.Vocaroo.com(voice recording) www.Posterous.com (if you can end an e-mail, you can create a blog....creates a blog by you sending an e-mail!) www.ikeepbookmarks.com ($15/ year, faster, no adds) google sites (works like a wiki in many cases) Blackboard Pixie (30 day free trial)
art software $40/per computer
(hyper studio slide show for primary; webblender, frames—interactive cartoons)
*can be used to teach area, perimeter, etc. Made in to animation
EASY powerpoint (use to teach concept of PP to primary kids... + has video feature or can be easily turned in to a web page Memeo (sp?)
(portable whiteboard, you orientate it when you set it up to use it—wherever—can check out w/ a projector on a cart, no installation, etc.$600) Poudre School District (digital educator project) *link to this on Dunn, McGraw, Bennett websites
Great tech resources
(educational videos shared via Michelle Bourgeois, SVVSD instructional technology)
www.21things.weebly.com
(21 things educators should know and use in the 21st century)
www.Recipes4success.com(click on tools –on left- then rubric maker; EASY and very user-friendly rubric maker!)
www.pbworks.com
(wiki creator)
www.wikispaces.com(wiki creator)
www.pypthreads.ning.com
(awesome resource –social networking group—for PYP schools/educators)
www.learn.org
www.animoto.com
(free, photo story)
www.xtranormal.com
(character animation, great for teaching dialogue)
www.worldbookonline.com
www.countryreports.org
(best for 5th/6th grade, $50/year subscription)
www.culturegrams.com
(great for teaching from a global perspective)
www.Voki.com
(avatar, can post as a website)
www.Vocaroo.com(voice recording)
www.Posterous.com
(if you can end an e-mail, you can create a blog....creates a blog by you sending an e-mail!)
www.ikeepbookmarks.com
($15/ year, faster, no adds)
google sites
(works like a wiki in many cases)
Blackboard
Pixie (30 day free trial)
art software $40/per computer
(hyper studio slide show for primary; webblender, frames—interactive cartoons)
*can be used to teach area, perimeter, etc. Made in to animation
EASY powerpoint (use to teach concept of PP to primary kids... + has video feature or can be easily turned in to a web page
Memeo (sp?)
(portable whiteboard, you orientate it when you set it up to use it—wherever—can check out w/ a projector on a cart, no installation, etc. $600)
Poudre School District
(digital educator project)
*link to this on Dunn, McGraw, Bennett websites
Great tech resources